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Idol Finalists Outsoft Each Other (ChartAttack.com)
After 31 episodes, it's almost time to name this year's Canadian Idol. On the final performance night, Theo Tams and Mitch MacDonald battled it out through three different songs. Each contestant performed a song of their choice, their single (if they win) and a number chosen by the judges.

New Hope In Sight For Cataract Patients: Coated Lenses Set To Reduce Post-Op Infection (Medical News Today)
Research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester reveals that coating an artificial lens with antibiotics could significantly reduce the risk of post-operative infection, and even blindness, for cataract patients.

Minnesota Optometric Association Advises, Watch for Vision Changes During Pregnancy (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MINNEAPOLIS----Many expectant mothers don't include an eye exam in their prenatal health care plan because of this persistent myth: it is not safe to have your eyes dilated during pregnancy.

Vision Correction Procedure Hits a Milestone (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - More than 150 million Americans, or approximately 50 percent of the U.S. population, require eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct common vision problems. For these people, waking up in bed and reaching over to the nightstand for eye glasses is a normal ritual.

Eyeball reflexes to improve biometric authentication (iTNews)
Researchers are developing a new approach to user authentication that cannot be spoofed, even with the most sophisticated contact lenses or surgery.

Optical Regulator Wins Case Against Illegal Online Contact Lens Sales (Medical News Today)
An Internet retailer was ordered to pay over £60,000 as the General Optical Council (GOC) successfully concluded a criminal prosecution for illegal sales of contact lenses. Vision Direct pleaded guilty to six offences of selling contact lenses without a valid specification and without the supervision of a registered doctor or optician.

Range of vision problems accompany aging (The Greenville News)
Almost on cue, when Kim Hendley turned 40 this year she found reading the fine print on the back of a medicine bottle problematic.

Minnesota Optometric Association Advises, Watch for Vision Changes During Pregnancy (Centre Daily Times)
Many expectant mothers don't include an eye exam in their prenatal health care plan because of this persistent myth: it is not safe to have your eyes dilated during pregnancy. Not only is it perfectly safe to have a thorough, dilated eye exam, under some conditions it's a good idea, says Dr. Linda Chous, president-elect of the Minnesota Optometric Association (MOA) and pediatric optometrist with ...

Eye care center opens (Middletown Journal)
WEST CHESTER TWP. ? Focal Pointe Eye Care has opened a new center in West Chester Twp. today.

Focusing on a clear vision (The Medina County Gazette)
MEDINA ? A teacher came into class asking for help after her contact lens ripped in half and got stuck in her eye. Class instructor Amanda Hamm told her to lean back and then used her finger to get the contact out while students gathered around to watch.